Product piercing tag
AssigneeBedford Industries, Inc.
InventorsDavid Schiller, Jay Milbrandt
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A tag is configured to be inserted into a product. The tag includes a label portion and an insertion portion. The label portion has a first width. The insertion portion extends from the label portion, has a second width that is less than the first width, and has a length. An elongated wire extends along the length of the insertion portion to at least a part of the label portion. The tag has sufficient rigidity to enable a user to hold the label portion and force the insertion portion into the product. In another aspect, a method of attaching a tag to a product is described. The method includes holding the label portion and forcing the insertion portion into the product.
Claims17
A tag configured to be inserted into a product, the tag including:
- a label portion having a first width;
- an insertion portion:
- extending from the label portion;
- having a second width that is less than the first width;
- and
- having a length;
- wherein an elongated wire extends along the length of the insertion portion to at least a part of the label portion, wherein the wire exhibits a dead-fold property;
- the tag having sufficient rigidity to enable a user to hold the label portion and force the insertion portion into a body of the product, the tag comprising a material having a hardness range of about 90 Rockwell R to about 110 Rockwell R.
A tag configured to be inserted into a product, the tag including:
- a label portion having a first width;
- an insertion portion:
- extending from the label portion;
- having a second width that is less than the first width;
- and
- having a length;
- wherein an elongated wire extends along the length of the insertion portion to at least a part of the label portion, wherein the wire has a tensile strength in a range of about 90 ksi to about 125 ksi, wherein the wire exhibits a dead-fold property;
- the tag having sufficient rigidity to enable a user to hold the label portion and force the insertion portion into a body of the product.
A method of attaching a tag to a product, the tag including:
- a label portion having a first width;
- an insertion portion:
- extending from the label portion;
- having a second width that is less than the first width;
- and
- having a length;
- wherein an elongated wire extends along the length of the insertion portion to at least a part of the label portion;
- the method including:
- holding the label portion;
- forcing an end of the insertion portion into a body of the product;
- retaining the end of the insertion portion in the body of the product;
- and
- bending the tag at a transition area between the label portion and the insertion portion to change an orientation of the label portion with respect to the product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.